The Soloist (Wright, 2008) - Foxx and Downey Jr.
11-20-08 | 06:30 PM
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11-20-08 | 06:36 PM
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02-22-09 | 09:20 PM
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When I first saw the trailer I thought it was one of those fake movies in the beginning of Tropic Thunder, yeah I think this movie looks that bad.
02-22-09 | 09:33 PM
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I read the book and it was really good but looking at the trailer it looks nothing like the book at all. They put downey jr's role in a bad light but in the book he is well liked, a family man etc. Still look forward to seeing it though.
Oh and this could even be PG....aside from language there is nothing that would even come close to drawing an R rating
Oh and this could even be PG....aside from language there is nothing that would even come close to drawing an R rating
02-22-09 | 10:21 PM
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02-22-09 | 11:22 PM
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04-02-09 | 04:32 PM
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60 Minutes recently had a piece on the real life people this is based on. It was interesting stuff, but I'm not sure how it'll work as a movie.
Spoilers regarding the real Nathaniel Ayers' (the guy played by Foxx) life...
Spoilers regarding the real Nathaniel Ayers' (the guy played by Foxx) life...
Spoiler:
04-06-09 | 02:46 PM
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Man you are reaching with Ray II poster. I don't see any similarities with this and Ray except it being about two musicians. Ray didn't end up on the streets, schizophrenic. The movies are in a different era. Who is the Robert Downey Jr character in Ray?
04-06-09 | 03:04 PM
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I think many of you are going to be surprised by the quality of this picture when it opens. It is most certainly not “Ray II.”
04-06-09 | 03:06 PM
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04-06-09 | 06:13 PM
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I want to see it. Two of my favorite actors. I was surprised when I saw the poster for this in theater last Fall and it said "November 2009" on it. I was seeing full-trailers in December or so. Then I see it was bumped up to May.
04-09-09 | 01:52 PM
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This movie looks good. It is just weird...once second I see Jamie Foxx in this serious role in a film and the next second he is rapping on television. It just isn't believable. I feel like he wants the best of two industries and it doesn't work for me. The duo, with RDJ looks good though.
04-18-09 | 11:01 AM
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Variety review:
Neither rarefied art film nor widely accessible inspirational drama, "The Soloist" falls between the cracks both creatively and commercially. Based on the real case of a newspaperman finding a former musical prodigy homeless on the streets of Los Angeles, Brit director Joe Wright's first American feature has moments of power and imagination, but the overworked style and heavy socially conscious bent exude an off-putting sense of self-importance, making for a picture that's more of a chore than a pleasure to sit through.
